Dr. Howard Frumkin, special assistant to the CDC director for climate change and health and co-author of Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities, actually calls the Congress for the New Urbanism “a public health group. By promoting walkability, mixed use, connectivity and civic space within communities, we know more and more, based on emerging evidence, that CNU is promoting public health.”

For a longer look at how public health and urban planning can join forces to become the Hall & Oates of professions, have a look at Jonathan Lerner’s “How Urban Planning Can Improve Public Health” published today in Miller-McCune.

Speaking of 80’s music references (?), I believe this is the conference that David Byrne is scheduled to address. He is going to talk about bicycling. He wrote a book about his experiences with cycling in different countries.

Yep, David Byrne is part of the opening event for the new urbanist’s congress, called “Healthier Circulation: the Future of Getting Around.” It’s on Wednesday, May 19, 8 p.m. at the Tabernacle, and anybody can attend with a $25 ticket available here: http://www.cnu.org/civicrm/event/register?id=5&reset=1